CIVICS GAME

An individual or group of people who bring a complaint against another party

• Precedent

• Appeal

• Courts of appeals

• Plaintiff

The party who answers a complaint and defends against it

• Prosecution

• Defendant

• Judicial activism

• Judicial restraint

A government body that brings a criminal charge against a defendant who is accused of breaking one of its laws

• Original Jurisdiction

• Circuit courts

• Prosecution

• Opinion

A guideline for how all similar cases should be decided in the future

• Precedent

• Appeal

• Circuit courts

• Judicial activism

The authority to hear a case first

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Plaintiff

• Defendant

• Original Jurisdiction